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Databases have been available with an open-source licence for many years. But the past few months have seen a growing number of partnerships and products aimed at maturing the industry of add-ons and support services -- vital to winning over corporate customers.
Open-source software is starting to expand into the big-ticket infrastructure-software market dominated by Microsoft and others.
SAP's Geraldine McBride and Oracle's Leigh Warren, leaders of two of the world's biggest enterprise software companies, go head to head.
A high-end handset from 3, the NEC e616 is capable of making video calls, sending video messages, downloading music/games and playing multimedia files. Read our Australian review.
The second video-capable mobile phone to become available for Hutchison's 3G network '3' is the NEC e808N, which comes complete with a QWERTY keyboard. Read our Australian review.
For many years, Adobe Illustrator has set the standard for drawing programs in the print production environment, and with good reason. Version 10.0 also offers more powerful new drawing and automation tools.
Samsung's teeny tiny E590 packs a whole lot of features into a fuss-free candy bar model.
Sony Ericsson's K300i is an easy to use, inexpensive phone with a modest range of features including a VGA camera, infrared port and a media player. Read our Australian review to find out more.
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